Icon Energy (NASDAQ:ICON – Get Free Report) and Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK – Get Free Report) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
58.6% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dividends
Icon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 31.0%. Genco Shipping & Trading pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Icon Energy pays out -1.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Genco Shipping & Trading pays out -1,818.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Volatility & Risk
Profitability
This table compares Icon Energy and Genco Shipping & Trading’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Icon Energy | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Genco Shipping & Trading | -1.28% | -0.12% | -0.10% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Icon Energy and Genco Shipping & Trading”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Icon Energy | $11.26 million | 0.07 | -$4.20 million | ($23.65) | -0.05 |
| Genco Shipping & Trading | $342.05 million | 3.10 | -$4.37 million | ($0.11) | -222.59 |
Icon Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genco Shipping & Trading. Genco Shipping & Trading is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Icon Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Icon Energy and Genco Shipping & Trading, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Icon Energy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Genco Shipping & Trading | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
Genco Shipping & Trading has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.23%. Given Genco Shipping & Trading’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Genco Shipping & Trading is more favorable than Icon Energy.
Summary
Genco Shipping & Trading beats Icon Energy on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Icon Energy
Iconix Brand Group, Inc. is a brand management company. As of December 31, 2016, the Company owned a portfolio of over 30 global consumer brands across women’s, men’s, and home categories. The Company operates through segments: men’s, women’s, home and international. The Company’s brand portfolio includes brands, such as Candie’s, Bongo, Joe Boxer, Rampage, Mudd, London Fog, Mossimo, Ocean Pacific/OP, Danskin/Danskin Now, Rocawear/Roc Nation, Cannon, Royal Velvet, Fieldcrest, Charisma, Starter, Waverly, Ecko Unltd/Mark Ecko Cut & Sew, Zoo York, Umbro, Lee Cooper and Artful Dodger, and interests in Material Girl, Ed Hardy, Truth or Dare, Modern Amusement, Buffalo, Nick Graham Hydraulic and PONY brands. It operates in various geographic regions, including the United States, Japan and Other (which principally represent Latin America and Europe).
About Genco Shipping & Trading
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. is an international ship owning company, which engages in the transportation of iron ore, coal, grain, bauxite, steel products, and other drybulk cargoes. It operates through the Major Bulk and Minor Bulk segments. The Major Bulk segment focuses on Capesize vessels. The Minor Bulk segment consists of Ultramax and Supramax vessels. The company was founded on September 27, 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
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